Толковый словарь английского языка - widow
Widow
widow
I. noun Etymology: Middle English widewe, from Old English wuduwe; akin to Old High German wituwa ~, Latin vidua, Sanskrit vidhavā, Latin -videre to separate Date: before 12th century 1. a woman who has lost her husband by death and usually has not remarried, grass ~ 2, a woman whose husband leaves her alone frequently or for long periods to engage in a usually specified activity , an extra hand or part of a hand of cards dealt face down and usually placed at the disposal of the highest bidder, a single usually short last line (as of a paragraph) separated from its related text and appearing at the top of a printed page or column, II. transitive verb Date: 14th century to cause to become a ~ or ~er, to survive as the ~ of, to deprive of something greatly valued or needed
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n. & v. --n. 1 a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not married again. 2 a woman whose husband is often away on a specified activity (golf widow). 3 extra cards dealt separately and taken by the highest bidder. 4 Printing the short last line of a paragraph at the top of a page or column. --v.tr. 1 make into a widow or widower. 2 (as widowed adj.) bereft by the death of a spouse (my widowed mother). 3 (foll. by of) deprive of. Phrases and idioms widow-bird a whydah. widow's cruse an apparently small supply that proves or seems inexhaustible (see 1 Kgs. 17:10-16). widow's mite a small money contribution (see Mark 12:42). widow's peak a V-shaped growth of hair towards the centre of the forehead. widow's weeds see WEEDS. Etymology: OE widewe, rel. to OHG wituwa, Skr. vidh{aacute}va, L viduus bereft, widowed, Gk eitheos unmarried man ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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